Eaismo

movement founded 1948 Italy Europe needs review
Core entry — this name passed the citable test and is filed with its sources, but the rich description is still being written (enrichment pass).

Eaismo (literally "atomic era-ism", from the Italian era atomica) was an avant-garde movement born in Italy in 1948. It was founded by the painter Voltolino Fontani, its main representative, together with the poet Marcello Landi, the literary critic Guido Favati, and the painters Angelo Sirio Pellegrini and Aldo Neri. The Manifesto of Eaismo, published at Livorno in 1948, registered both the pessimism and the optimism of the Atomic Age while remaining skeptical about the supposedly revolutionary power of atomic energy. The writer Carlo Cassola discussed the movement in articles for the magazine Il Mondo in 1954. The manifesto preceded Enrico Baj's Manifesto of Nuclear Painting (1951) and Salvador Dalí's Mystical Manifesto (1951), placing Eaismo among the first artistic responses to the nuclear era. Note: reliable visual descriptions of Eaismo painting are scarce, so this entry stays in review.

The Tribuna of the Uffizi (Zoffany)
The Tribuna of the Uffizi (Zoffany)Public domain (credit: Johann Zoffany) · source

Key figures

  • Voltolino Fontani — Livorno painter who founded the movement and was its main representative
  • Marcello Landi — Poet and co-signer of the Manifesto of Eaismo
  • Guido Favati — Literary critic and co-signer of the Manifesto of Eaismo
  • Angelo Sirio Pellegrini — Painter and co-signer of the Manifesto of Eaismo
  • Aldo Neri — Painter and co-signer of the Manifesto of Eaismo

Sources

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